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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by nine_k »

ge96 wrote: post #6

It's funny awkward when you get fired and your laptop is covered in stickers I'll submit mine later today to this comment, I'm a poser lol eg. I don't daily drive Rust but I like the crab and the Gopher Kinkpad lol that's good

I always put stickers on work laptops specifically, in order to make mine recognizable among other identically looking laptops in the office.

But my stickers were always small, and usually lonely. A purple Emacs logo, a red Debian twirl, an orange lambda, stuff like that. Still was often enough to strike a conversation.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by binary132 »

viraptor wrote: post #38
shagie wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was going to conferences, my laptop stickers were a public display of "these are technologies that I use and you can strike up a conversation with me about them." To an extent, a resume that you can glance at from across the room. It's a bit of a statement for what you're trying to communicate with that lid - professional experience, political statements, personal "this is neat"... And part of this is a for me…

> though perl might be offensive to some Now I'm tempted to make a set of: Perl, COBOL, Java Beans, Java EE, ActiveX, Silverlight, VB.Net, ActiveDirectory, Kerberos, ...

Whoa, a little too edgy there, I’m calling HR

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by shagie »

hdgvhicv wrote: post #102
shagie wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was going to conferences, my laptop stickers were a public display of "these are technologies that I use and you can strike up a conversation with me about them." To an extent, a resume that you can glance at from across the room. It's a bit of a statement for what you're trying to communicate with that lid - professional experience, political statements, personal "this is neat"... And part of this is a for me…

Safe to have a perl sticker as while it’s easy enough to put it on, nobody (including yourself) be able to read it.

It's fairly readable. https://imgur.com/a/jWhyBmI

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by beeflet »

tihi wrote: post #77
imiric wrote: post #73

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Thats a weird takeaway, why can't you let people enjoy things that don't affect you?

It does effect me. If it didn't effect anyone, no one would do it. Tattoos, stickers, etc. are a form of social signalling.

Maybe they disagree with what's being signalled, or the act of signalling itself.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by 113 »

crazygringo wrote: post #59
SchemaLoad wrote: post #43

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I've got stickers on my laptops. None of them are political, but I've got various indie fashion brands, music related, furry stickers, etc. If someone managed to be offended by them that's more their problem than mine. I can go work anywhere and have enough savings that it would be no inconvenience to me. I wouldn't want to work with someone who couldn't handle some trivial self expression on the back of a laptop. So…

> If someone managed to be offended by them that's more their problem than mine. That can be a healthy attitude outside of work. People love personality. But at work, that's not a healthy attitude. You're there to work together, not to be uncompromising in expressing yourself. Your stickers are probably fine, but I can also imagine plenty of musical artists that would certainly be offensive (and rightly so) to some p…

Considering how many of these stickers are about being gay or trans, compromising about expressing yourself sounds pretty grim. I wouldn't want to put that aside to get on with my co-workers.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by shagie »

sheepybloke wrote: post #117
ge96 wrote: post #6

It's funny awkward when you get fired and your laptop is covered in stickers I'll submit mine later today to this comment, I'm a poser lol eg. I don't daily drive Rust but I like the crab and the Gopher Kinkpad lol that's good

That's why I always have a clear case on my Macbook I cover with stickers. That way, I can take them with me when I leave, or take them off if I have a big meeting/presentation!

I have this recollection of some framed / shadowboxed clear case covers that were covered in stickers. Either the laptop was replaced and the new model didn't fit... or the cover was filled up and a new one was used.

A way to keep the memories of that the stickers represent.

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